GLE350 Grinding Noise Front-End
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GLE350 Grinding Noise Front-End
Curious if anyone else has run into this...
2020 GLE350, 4 months old, about 4200 miles on it. Not a stitch of trouble (until this), and absolutely love it.
Last night, we were coming home - did a 60 mile trip (mix of highway/back-roads). All fine. Pull in front of my driveway, stop. Put the car in Reverse; as soon as I do this i feel/hear a "cla-clunk" sound, I press the gas and start going in reverse with this loud grinding sound. Was convinced I ran over a piece of metal that was dragging - wife jumps out from passenger side, looks under tire, sees nothing but says the sound is very clearly coming from passenger front wheel area.
I put it back in drive, same loud grinding noise - again, was convinced I had something dragging under the car. I go out, lay under car with flash light, see nothing. I put the car back in reverse, put it in driveway (grinding noise the whole time) and figured I'd deal with it this morning.
Get in the car this morning, put it in drive, pull out of driveway slowly, grinding noise the whole time. We live at the end of a cul-de-sac, so I start driving in there, giving it a little more gas. Once I got to about 10mph, I hear (what I can only describe as "it figuring itself out") a "cla-clunk" again, and then the noise goes completely away.
I took it for about a 5 minute ride, got it on an empty road and got it up to 70, no issues. No issues braking, no issues turning, steering, etc. Come back home, put it in reverse, back it into the driveway, no issues..
Anyone have anything remotely similar to this on their 2020 GLE350? I googled it, and I see lots of references to similar things on older model/different model vehicles.
Thanks.
--Dave
2020 GLE350, 4 months old, about 4200 miles on it. Not a stitch of trouble (until this), and absolutely love it.
Last night, we were coming home - did a 60 mile trip (mix of highway/back-roads). All fine. Pull in front of my driveway, stop. Put the car in Reverse; as soon as I do this i feel/hear a "cla-clunk" sound, I press the gas and start going in reverse with this loud grinding sound. Was convinced I ran over a piece of metal that was dragging - wife jumps out from passenger side, looks under tire, sees nothing but says the sound is very clearly coming from passenger front wheel area.
I put it back in drive, same loud grinding noise - again, was convinced I had something dragging under the car. I go out, lay under car with flash light, see nothing. I put the car back in reverse, put it in driveway (grinding noise the whole time) and figured I'd deal with it this morning.
Get in the car this morning, put it in drive, pull out of driveway slowly, grinding noise the whole time. We live at the end of a cul-de-sac, so I start driving in there, giving it a little more gas. Once I got to about 10mph, I hear (what I can only describe as "it figuring itself out") a "cla-clunk" again, and then the noise goes completely away.
I took it for about a 5 minute ride, got it on an empty road and got it up to 70, no issues. No issues braking, no issues turning, steering, etc. Come back home, put it in reverse, back it into the driveway, no issues..
Anyone have anything remotely similar to this on their 2020 GLE350? I googled it, and I see lots of references to similar things on older model/different model vehicles.
Thanks.
--Dave
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Wow!! No idea. If it happens again you may want to consider recording it on your phone so that you can play it back for your dealer because you know, as luck will have it, it will stop doing it by the time the service department gets involved.
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2020 GLE 450; 2023 BMW M2 Coupe
Grinding noise
Curious if anyone else has run into this...
2020 GLE350, 4 months old, about 4200 miles on it. Not a stitch of trouble (until this), and absolutely love it.
Last night, we were coming home - did a 60 mile trip (mix of highway/back-roads). All fine. Pull in front of my driveway, stop. Put the car in Reverse; as soon as I do this i feel/hear a "cla-clunk" sound, I press the gas and start going in reverse with this loud grinding sound. Was convinced I ran over a piece of metal that was dragging - wife jumps out from passenger side, looks under tire, sees nothing but says the sound is very clearly coming from passenger front wheel area.
I put it back in drive, same loud grinding noise - again, was convinced I had something dragging under the car. I go out, lay under car with flash light, see nothing. I put the car back in reverse, put it in driveway (grinding noise the whole time) and figured I'd deal with it this morning.
Get in the car this morning, put it in drive, pull out of driveway slowly, grinding noise the whole time. We live at the end of a cul-de-sac, so I start driving in there, giving it a little more gas. Once I got to about 10mph, I hear (what I can only describe as "it figuring itself out") a "cla-clunk" again, and then the noise goes completely away.
I took it for about a 5 minute ride, got it on an empty road and got it up to 70, no issues. No issues braking, no issues turning, steering, etc. Come back home, put it in reverse, back it into the driveway, no issues..
Anyone have anything remotely similar to this on their 2020 GLE350? I googled it, and I see lots of references to similar things on older model/different model vehicles.
Thanks.
--Dave
2020 GLE350, 4 months old, about 4200 miles on it. Not a stitch of trouble (until this), and absolutely love it.
Last night, we were coming home - did a 60 mile trip (mix of highway/back-roads). All fine. Pull in front of my driveway, stop. Put the car in Reverse; as soon as I do this i feel/hear a "cla-clunk" sound, I press the gas and start going in reverse with this loud grinding sound. Was convinced I ran over a piece of metal that was dragging - wife jumps out from passenger side, looks under tire, sees nothing but says the sound is very clearly coming from passenger front wheel area.
I put it back in drive, same loud grinding noise - again, was convinced I had something dragging under the car. I go out, lay under car with flash light, see nothing. I put the car back in reverse, put it in driveway (grinding noise the whole time) and figured I'd deal with it this morning.
Get in the car this morning, put it in drive, pull out of driveway slowly, grinding noise the whole time. We live at the end of a cul-de-sac, so I start driving in there, giving it a little more gas. Once I got to about 10mph, I hear (what I can only describe as "it figuring itself out") a "cla-clunk" again, and then the noise goes completely away.
I took it for about a 5 minute ride, got it on an empty road and got it up to 70, no issues. No issues braking, no issues turning, steering, etc. Come back home, put it in reverse, back it into the driveway, no issues..
Anyone have anything remotely similar to this on their 2020 GLE350? I googled it, and I see lots of references to similar things on older model/different model vehicles.
Thanks.
--Dave
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Lucky 777 (06-26-2023)
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I have a similar situation with my 2020 GLE 350 with the "Clonking" sound when I put reverse.
I ran at 15mph and then put a brake when I heard the "cla-clunk" sound while braking.
@dwpfister Do you happen to know if this issue of the sound was resolved by the dealership and what did they do?
Thanks,
Akshay
I ran at 15mph and then put a brake when I heard the "cla-clunk" sound while braking.
@dwpfister Do you happen to know if this issue of the sound was resolved by the dealership and what did they do?
Thanks,
Akshay